26-9 Measuring the AI Economy

2026

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This paper provides crucial new estimates for the rapidly growing AI economy, highlighting significant measurement challenges for traditional economic statistics.

* Constructs a macroeconomic estimate of total AI production in the United States.
* Develops a framework for "AI GDP" to track the AI economy as a coherent whole.
* Estimates extraordinary growth rates for quality-adjusted AI production and AI GDP.

Tags: artificial intelligence, national accounts, GDP, AI GDP, economic measurement

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